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Surnames beginning with N

 About this table:

The table below lists surnames (and spelling variations) we have come across in our research in Scotland. Not all of these names are Scottish in origin, but we have found them all in Scottish historical records. The table also gives some indication of how common those surnames are.

Rank
The column marked Rank gives an indication of the frequency with which a surname appears in Scottish historical records. The record sets used to determine this rank are Census (1841-1911), Old Parish Registers 1538-1854, Statutory Registration of births, deaths and marriages (1855-2013), Catholic parish records (1703-1992), Valuation rolls (1855-1925) and Scottish wills and testaments (1513-1925). The higher the number, the less common the surname is in historical records. This record set currently includes 8597 surnames.

Per 100k 1841
The number of occurrences of this surname in the 1841 census of Scotland for each 100,000 people. A value of 0 does not mean there were no people with that surname in Scotland, only that there were fewer than 1 in 100,000.

Per 100k 1911
The number of occurrences of this surname in the 1841 census of Scotland for each 100,000 people. A value of 0 does not mean there were no people with that surname in Scotland, only that there were fewer than 1 in 100,000.

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Search our records available online for instances of the surname.

Concentration
A measure of how geographically concentrated the surname is in Scotland. The higher the number, the more unevenly distributed the surname is around Scotland. A value of 0 indicates that the surname was not recorded in 1841. Half of the surnames in our records have a score of 13.28 or less, and a score of 48.21 or above means that the surname is one of the 10% most concentrated surnames in Scotland.
​At present, this is calculated on a county level. We hope eventually to produce a measure on a parish level.

Top counties 1841
The three counties in Scotland with the highest per-capita incidence of the surname in 1841. If no counties are shown, there were no instances of this surname recorded in the 1841 census. If only one or two counties are shown, then the surname was only found in one or two counties in 1841.​

SurnameRankSearchPer 100k 1841Per 100k 1911Concentration scoreTop counties 1841
Nabbs8083Search000
Naesmith5271Search0.620.624.3Midlothian (2.65)
Lanarkshire (1.84)
Renfrewshire (1.37)
Naesmyth5850Search000
Nailor6596Search0.0408.8Glasgow (0.34)
Lanarkshire (0.23)
Naiper5018Search3.050.358.2East Lothian (25.13)
Kincardineshire (8.97)
Lanarkshire (7.13)
Nairn623Search24.2546.458.7Nairnshire (209.82)
Berwickshire (96.27)
Moray (72.82)
Nairne2589Search3.213.867.5Fife (23.94)
Perthshire (18.77)
Nairnshire (13.99)
Naismith1051Search19.8136.075.1Lanarkshire (101.83)
Glasgow (73.4)
West Lothian (58.99)
Naismyth5375Search0.50.3965.3West Lothian (32.77)
Glasgow (1.01)
Lanarkshire (0.69)
Napier452Search39.1672.3313.6Kincardineshire (532.12)
Peeblesshire (151.83)
Edinburgh City (87.42)
Nash2271Search1.398.889.3Dunbartonshire (12.92)
Fife (7.37)
Sutherland (4.25)
Nasmith4212Search1.70.044.1Stirlingshire (6.91)
Renfrewshire (6.17)
Midlothian (5.75)
Nasmyth2956Search2.241.5117.8Kinross (39.85)
Midlothian (18.56)
Fife (10.13)
Naughtie5157Search0.540.1534.4Banffshire (18.62)
East Lothian (5.58)
Aberdeen City (4.55)
Naughton2451Search3.636.18.2Moray (29.67)
Aberdeen (15.54)
Banffshire (14.48)
Naughty3712Search2.431.0815.6Aberdeen City (37.92)
Aberdeen (23.31)
Moray (21.58)
Nauty8313Search000
Navin5427Search0.542.554.7Wigtownshire (2.56)
Dunbartonshire (2.15)
Aberdeen (2.07)
Nay4639Search0.661.6211.2Ayrshire (7.38)
Kirkcudbright (2.44)
Fife (1.84)
Naylor3910Search0.623.7821.2Dundee City (13.12)
Angus (4.72)
Glasgow (2.37)
Naysmith2535Search2.5110.0410.2Midlothian (25.64)
Edinburgh City (7.7)
East Lothian (2.79)
Neal3295Search1.852.8620.7Wigtownshire (38.4)
Kinross (19.93)
East Lothian (5.58)
Neale4445Search0.421.0848.2Wigtownshire (20.48)
Inverness-shire (1.02)
Glasgow (0.68)
Neasmyth7744Search000
Neave1633Search5.4410.2713.4Angus (73.13)
Dundee City (60.67)
Aberdeen City (10.62)
Neaves4005Search0.352.869.5Edinburgh City (3.3)
Midlothian (2.65)
Angus (1.77)
Neddrie6322Search0.310.2713.4Angus (4.13)
Kincardineshire (2.99)
Needham4263Search0.123.0115.9Ayrshire (1.84)
Neel6169Search0.5040.8Wigtownshire (20.48)
Stirlingshire (3.45)
Ayrshire (1.23)
Neil329Search54.64119.753.3Ayrshire (180.14)
West Lothian (154.04)
Wigtownshire (138.23)
Neilance7699Search0.04011.4Midlothian (0.44)
Neilands5139Search0.041.5414.2Edinburgh City (0.55)
Midlothian (0.44)
Neilans5083Search0.541.2441.3East Lothian (22.34)
Berwickshire (14.59)
Midlothian (0.44)
Neill576Search17.4255.926.6East Lothian (114.49)
Ayrshire (54.1)
Midlothian (45.53)
Neillans5479Search0.890.5472.3East Lothian (64.23)
Neilson225Search98.82139.942.5Kirkcudbright (250.9)
Wigtownshire (238.06)
Lanarkshire (235.39)
Neilston5955Search0.540.8510.2Renfrewshire (5.49)
Ayrshire (3.07)
Edinburgh City (0.55)
Neish958Search9.8527.618.8Dundee City (86.91)
Angus (71.36)
Fife (20.26)
Neishan7764Search000
Neismith6769Search0.460.319.9Stirlingshire (4.61)
Renfrewshire (2.74)
Dunbartonshire (2.15)
Neismyth8321Search000
Nelis4610Search0.311.624.4Renfrewshire (1.37)
Glasgow (1.35)
Edinburgh City (1.1)
Nellins7540Search0.04075.6Berwickshire (2.92)
Nellis4454Search0.582.25.3Glasgow (3.04)
Lanarkshire (2.3)
Renfrewshire (2.06)
Nelson300Search49.81172.154.3Wigtownshire (215.03)
Dumfriesshire (177.32)
East Lothian (159.17)
Nesbit2582Search3.97.8411.2Berwickshire (43.76)
East Lothian (41.89)
Selkirkshire (24.56)
Nesmith3929Search1.310.665.2Renfrewshire (6.86)
Glasgow (5.07)
Lanarkshire (4.37)
Ness753Search18.8147.9611.9Fife (224.65)
Dundee City (49.2)
Edinburgh City (37.94)
Nethery6227Search0.310.938.9Renfrewshire (2.74)
Glasgow (1.01)
Lanarkshire (0.69)
Netterfield7786Search00.080
Neven3895Search4.211.543.6Roxburghshire (15.35)
Ayrshire (13.53)
Dundee City (13.12)
Nevens6840Search0.150.0833.1Wigtownshire (5.12)
Edinburgh City (0.55)
Midlothian (0.44)
Nevill6245Search0.150.128.8Glasgow (1.35)
Lanarkshire (0.92)
Neville2792Search0.59.237.4Glasgow (3.72)
Lanarkshire (2.53)
Dundee City (1.64)
Nevin2988Search3.214.177.4Dunbartonshire (23.69)
Renfrewshire (11.66)
Argyll (7.07)
Nevins6001Search0.080.0842.4West Lothian (3.28)
Edinburgh City (0.55)
Midlothian (0.44)
Nevison4807Search0.621.5831.5Kirkcudbright (19.49)
Midlothian (3.54)
Edinburgh City (0.55)
New4377Search0.352.1623.6Dundee City (8.2)
Angus (2.95)
Aberdeen City (1.52)
Newal4820Search1.970.1513.6Kirkcudbright (26.79)
Dumfriesshire (24.74)
Peeblesshire (9.49)
Newall1356Search5.6414.617.7Kirkcudbright (99.87)
Dumfriesshire (60.48)
Dundee City (21.32)
Newberry4381Search1.161.4321.2Selkirkshire (24.56)
Roxburghshire (17.54)
Ayrshire (7.38)
Newbiggens8321Search000
Newbigging2046Search6.959.3831.4Peeblesshire (218.26)
Lanarkshire (21.15)
Berwickshire (20.42)
Newburgh7027Search00.040
Newell2984Search0.776.916.6Glasgow (5.07)
Lanarkshire (3.45)
Edinburgh City (1.65)
Newen7582Search000
Newland3673Search3.484.837.1Moray (26.97)
Banffshire (26.9)
Dunbartonshire (10.77)
Newlands571Search18.3450.96.6Selkirkshire (122.82)
West Lothian (114.71)
Banffshire (101.38)
Newman2229Search1.666.499Kincardineshire (14.95)
Dundee City (9.84)
Aberdeen City (6.07)
Newsom7021Search000
Newton743Search15.2130.711.9Berwickshire (180.88)
West Lothian (104.88)
Dundee City (41)
Niblo4765Search0.311.6266.3Wigtownshire (20.48)
Niblock3288Search15.115.3Wigtownshire (15.36)
Glasgow (5.07)
Lanarkshire (3.45)
Nibloe4328Search1.121.8136.6Wigtownshire (40.96)
Dumfriesshire (11)
Renfrewshire (3.43)
Niccol5014Search0.230.3519.9Stirlingshire (4.61)
Dundee City (1.64)
Angus (0.59)
Nichell8156Search000
Nichol645Search32.5933.8315.1Selkirkshire (491.28)
Roxburghshire (370.49)
Dumfriesshire (140.2)
Nicholas4130Search0.273.0922.4Aberdeen City (6.07)
Caithness (5.33)
Kirkcudbright (2.44)
Nicholl2995Search1.545.565.3Angus (8.26)
West Lothian (6.55)
Bute (5.58)
Nicholson299Search51.67117.978.1Dumfriesshire (423.36)
Caithness (181.07)
Orkney (164.6)
Nickle5696Search0.930.045.5Wigtownshire (5.12)
Edinburgh City (3.3)
West Lothian (3.28)
Nicklson6802Search0.040.0872.3East Lothian (2.79)
Nicol110Search159.67276.64.3Bute (697.31)
Aberdeen City (488.46)
Kincardineshire (412.54)
Nicole4201Search2.281.318.2Banffshire (18.62)
Dundee City (18.04)
Angus (14.15)
Nicoll359Search43.64108.399.3Dundee City (405.04)
Angus (388.67)
Kinross (159.41)
Nicolson293Search111.48145.8115.7Shetland (1747.33)
Inverness-shire (1313.31)
Ross and Cromarty (291.47)
Niddrie3165Search2.122.1618.3Kincardineshire (38.86)
Angus (20.05)
Aberdeen (3.63)
Niel3328Search12.42.165.5Ayrshire (68.25)
Berwickshire (37.93)
Wigtownshire (25.6)
Niell4691Search2.860.429Wigtownshire (25.6)
East Lothian (22.34)
Ayrshire (15.99)
Nielson2774Search11.432.436.6Peeblesshire (75.92)
Kirkcudbright (43.85)
Stirlingshire (38)
Nielston7632Search0.040.0415.9Ayrshire (0.61)
Niesh5635Search1.430.7312.5Perthshire (18.77)
Kinross (9.96)
Moray (5.39)
Nimmo570Search31.6664.9515.6West Lothian (501.44)
Peeblesshire (189.79)
Stirlingshire (84.07)
Ninian3873Search1.270.778.7Ayrshire (11.07)
Shetland (9.89)
Edinburgh City (3.85)
Nisbet375Search65.49130.956.9Berwickshire (455.12)
East Lothian (424.45)
Shetland (372.54)
Nisbett2120Search6.374.410.3Shetland (65.94)
Ayrshire (23.98)
Midlothian (13.26)
Nisbit3999Search1.161.0840.3Berwickshire (46.68)
Shetland (13.19)
Dundee City (4.92)
Nish1854Search6.646.1813.5Wigtownshire (89.59)
Kirkcudbright (75.51)
Clackmannanshire (33.72)
Nisham7304Search000
Nishdale8245Search000
Nithery7742Search0.120.08258Kinross (29.89)
Nitters7683Search0.19063.1Kirkcudbright (12.18)
Niven389Search51.0583.532.6Renfrewshire (131.72)
Argyll (124.3)
Kinross (119.56)
Nivenson7695Search00.040
Niveson7273Search0.080.1527.9Dunbartonshire (2.15)
Dumfriesshire (1.37)
Nivie6635Search0.19055.9Moray (10.79)
Aberdeen (0.52)
Nivison3263Search2.22.8218.7Dumfriesshire (41.24)
Roxburghshire (21.92)
Wigtownshire (12.8)
Nixon1026Search7.9529.667.7Wigtownshire (61.44)
Selkirkshire (61.41)
Glasgow (22.66)
Noble285Search66.23137.6610.7Peeblesshire (711.71)
Inverness-shire (303.86)
Ross and Cromarty (227.12)
Nolan2249Search0.9318.55.5Argyll (5.05)
Dundee City (3.28)
Renfrewshire (2.74)
Norie3159Search6.870.274.8Angus (33.03)
Aberdeen (32.11)
Moray (24.27)
Noris6732Search0.15010.6Dundee City (1.64)
Glasgow (1.01)
Lanarkshire (0.69)
Norman1607Search3.2115.7237.3Kinross (119.56)
Dundee City (19.68)
Clackmannanshire (11.24)
Normand2576Search2.325.3738.7Kinross (89.67)
Fife (37.75)
Edinburgh City (4.4)
Norn5464Search1.740.4285.2Orkney (148.14)
Norquay3815Search3.555.1785.2Orkney (302.86)
Norrie821Search15.2533.674.7Angus (71.95)
Aberdeen (66.82)
Dundee City (62.31)
Norris1240Search5.4117.424.4Dunbartonshire (23.69)
Glasgow (19.96)
Lanarkshire (13.56)
Northage7672Search000
Norton2625Search1.28.85.7Glasgow (6.76)
Lanarkshire (4.6)
Roxburghshire (4.38)
Norval2125Search4.676.4527.7Kinross (129.52)
Aberdeen City (18.2)
Stirlingshire (13.82)
Norwald7849Search000
Norwell3302Search1.782.9717.2Perthshire (30.5)
Bute (5.58)
Glasgow (2.03)
Notman1361Search9.515.9126Peeblesshire (246.73)
Midlothian (54.81)
Edinburgh City (51.68)
Nourse7251Search000
Nugent1684Search1.8522.056.6Kirkcudbright (12.18)
Midlothian (6.63)
Edinburgh City (6.6)
Nulty6537Search0.040.23144.5Bute (5.58)
Nutt3668Search0.544.6717.8Dumfriesshire (9.62)
Renfrewshire (2.74)
Angus (1.18)
Nyland7212Search00.080
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